Rapunzel, Rapunzel

by S.L. Dove Cooper

You can't be Rapuzel forever. Rapunzel, Rapunzel is a collection of poems, a fairy tale of modern life, growing up and falling in love. Or not. Divided into five different parts, Rapunzel, Rapunzel explores the impact of anxiety and bullying, and the strength of love, for others and for ourselves. It muses on the difficulty of discovering who we are and how the masks we wear affect our lives and relationships. Most of all, Rapunzel, Rapunzel is about embracing all aspects of yourself, even the ones you’re scared to show, and finding strength in who you are as a person.

Genres: Poetry

126 pages, Paperback

Published April 16, 2021

About the author

S.L. Dove Cooper (she/they) is a queer author and editor. She spends much of her time exploring asexuality and aromanticism in literature, finally having found a good use for her MA in English literature and creative writing. She currently resides on the European continent and her idiom and spelling are, despite her best efforts, geographically confused, poor things. She has been chasing stories in some way or another since she was old enough to follow a narrative.

S.L. Dove also writes poetry under Dove Cooper.

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish more detail had been provided in the narrative, specifically in the backstory. It was a quick read and I overall liked this little verse novel.

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[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have mixed feeling on verse novels, but I love this author’s aspec narratives. And though there wasn’t a lot here, parts of this book really resonates with me. The themes of anxiety and hiding one’s light versus having the courage to show it are really powerful.

[Jessie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is gorgeous from the very beginning. It's gentle and echoing, and I probably highlighted an absurdly high percentage of this book.

It starts off talking about gender and childhood and story, and that morphs into a narrative that is really focused on anxiety and hiding oneself away. That's the narrative that really gets woven into the Rapunzel story.